[Triumf-linux-managers] Disable SL5.1 bash autocompletion?

[Konstantin Olchanski]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:45:53PM -0700, Kelvin Raywood wrote:
> >1) How do I turn it off on a per-user basis?
> shopt -u progcomp

I confirm that this works.

> >2) Can the TRIUMF kickstart be modified to disable this mis-feature
> >for the root user by default?
> 
> I need to make a new kickstart as the on-board network-interface of the 
> newest intel motherboards needs an updated driver.  So I will remove 
> bash-completion from the set of installed packages.  Those that want it 
> can install it manually.

I was going to suggest that we keep it for people who like it,
default-disabled it via the command above.

But then I looked and it appears that this package has been
abandoned by creator (no updates since 2006) and abandoned
by the RPM packager (no patches and bug fixes since Feb 2007).

I would suggest that they gave up after realising the futility
of trying to handle the behaviour of every combination
of every switch of every linux command (and staying up to date
with all changes).

I agree with Kelvin that this packages should not be installed
by the kickstart.

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Konstantin Olchanski
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